"I've definitely heard that young people are told by career
services sometimes, 'Only apply to three or four jobs, do your
research, and only look for a couple jobs. Put your eggs in those
baskets, and wait,'" she told Business Insider in a
Facebook Live interview.

"You should be exploring new industries, new career
opportunities," she says.

That doesn't mean sending off a huge amount of generic
applications. You should certainly still be tailoring your cover
letters, résumés, and applications. But, if you want the numbers
to work in your favor, you should be sending out quite a few
applications.

It'll be a lot of work (especially if you're still in college),
but it's your future, so make the time.

"Explore job opportunities and try to find as many as possible,
that you should try to apply to," Wessel says. "Don't apply to
hundreds, but I wouldn't put my eggs in only three or four
baskets."